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Hint: Wandel durch Handel- a fiction that was constructed to make everyone feel better about buying hydrocarbons from an autocratic kleptocracy.  Introduction: The Dope Dealer and the Long Game The Dealer Never Left The Peace Dividend was an illusion. While the West celebrated the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, the efforts to rebuild the Soviet Empire never truly ceased. Unlike…

The massive earthquake that hit Japan’s northeast coast on 11 March 2011 triggered a tsunami that crested as high as 40 meters as the waves smashed into the nation’s coastline. While not every earthquake off the coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, the Tohoku one was exceptionally destructive. As it swept the Japanese seaboard, it dragged buildings, boats, cars, and…